impudent strumpet

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Upgefu(c)kt

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Of my own initiative, I started using the word upgefukt about 10 years ago. However, I'm not the only person in the universe who has co...
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Breast self-exams

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They recently did a study that found that breast cancer survival rates are the same for women who do self-exams and women who don't. I f...
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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Referendum

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I've noticed two things lately: 1. I keep being innundated with referendum ads. There are large ads in every newspaper I look at, thos...
Friday, September 28, 2007

This Is My Country, What's Yours? A Literary Atlas of Canada by Noah Richler

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This is one of those "read this to feel smart" books. It's a literary psychogeography of Canada, which is kind of WHOOSH ***/...
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The real problem with Britney Spears at the MTV awards

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I know this is old news, but I'm just really surprised that no one has mentioned it yet, so I'm bringing it up myself. A bunch of pe...
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The real reason why Burma changed its name to Myanmar

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There's some serious shit going down in Burma/Myanmar right now (it's a whole political thing about which name to use and different...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

A crappy joke

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Two flies are having a fight. One says "EAT SHIT!" The other says "Why, thank you, don't mind if I do!"

Blasts from the past

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If you used to read Baby-Sitters Club, you might enjoy BSC Headquarters . If you used to read Sweet Valley High, you might enjoy The Dairi B...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Question for anyone watching the Simpsons right now

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What's tha music playing when Homer's in the fast food restaurant?
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Information

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Having a connectivity scare always makes me think about the place of the internet in my life, and I realized that I feel absolutely entitled...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

Pissed off at Rogers

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I got a voicemail from Rogers today alleging that my computer was launching a DOS attack, so they disabled my internet connection. I'm ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Post examples of invisible letters here!

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A convergence of recent thoughts: We do, in fact, have invisible letters in the English language. The F in lieutenant (non-US pronunciation...
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22

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In recent years, both young men and women have delayed many transitions. For example, in 2001, half of all 22-year-olds were still in school...
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Monday, September 17, 2007

I think I've been thinking about Ontario politics too much

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I thought I wasn't paying enough attention to the Ontario election, but then last night I had a dream. I dreamed that McGuinty, Hampton...
Saturday, September 15, 2007

Performance art, free for the taking

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Today I saw a rather loud group of people celebrating the fact that one of their number was cancer-free. It would be good performance art to...

Bath tissue?

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I just saw a commercial for toilet paper that described it as "bath tissue". I've heard "bath room tissue" before,...
Friday, September 14, 2007

Military funerals

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If a member of the military dies, do they have to have a military funeral? What if they want something else?
Thursday, September 13, 2007

WTF?

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A government committee is jumping down the Chief Electoral Officer's throat because he won't forbid people from wearing veils while...
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Ping Globe and Mail editorial writers

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"To applaud diversity for diversity's sake is to evade responsibility for the effects of that diversity on children." And what...
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